In this letter, we propose a novel constant-force end-effector (CFEE) to address current limitations in robotic ultrasonography. The CFEE uses parallel, motor-spring-based solution precisely generate constant operating forces over wide range and enable the ultrasound (US) probe adapt abdominal contours autonomously. A displacement measurement unit was developed realize acquisition of position p...

Molecular dynamics simulations of opposing polymer brushes at varying surface separation distances were performed to develop a method for conducting a static compression of soft matter. As all separation distances were represented by independent simulations, the proper solvent density for every level of compression needed to be determined to acquire realistic data. This was accomplished by main...

This work provides a detailed study on the growth of AlxIn1-xAsySb1-y lattice-matched to InAs by Molecular Beam Epitaxy. In order to find the conditions which lead to high crystal quality deep within the miscibility gap, AlxIn1-xAsySb1-y with x = 0.462 was grown at different growth temperatures as well as As2 and Sb2 beam equivalent pressures. The crystal quality of the grown layers was examine...

Various refined potentials describing the intraand inter-molecular force fields of water molcculcs arc used to calculate the properties of the gas-phase water dimer. The intra-molecular parts have been taken from spectroscopic or quantum-chemical sources. The minimum energy structure was found iteratively using the first derivatives of the potential; the force-constant matrix was con­ structed ...